Building Project Update — March 2025

The Great move-out has begun

• Thanks to all the volunteers who moved everything out of the bell choir room and to Jill Hunt for offering her basement as a storage space. And, thanks to TC Tobin-Campbell for loading his pickup to take unneeded couches and chairs to ARC.

• Margaret Van Vliet has arranged to have boxes of accounting records dating back decades shredded to make more room for more on-site storage.

• Gary Pfister is in the process of relocating the Building and Grounds room from the education building to a space in the basement near where the back stairs go down to the youth lounge.

• Church staff have developed an overall plan for allocating available space during construction to facilitate regular meetings as well as our children’s, youth, and adult programs. To begin facilitating this plan, the cry room at the back of the sanctuary, the Gathering Place, and the youth lounge will soon begin to undergo makeovers.

— The cry room will be a space where babies aged 0-2 can spend time with caregivers if needed during worship.
— The Gathering Place will feature tables and chairs, allowing it to function as a main meeting room during construction.
— The youth lounge will be replenished with the furniture and toys necessary for caring for young children.
— The sanctuary will serve as the primary location for adult education classes, with the renovated choir room/chapel becoming a second option once that work is completed.

• Very soon after Easter, a dumpster will arrive to facilitate the disposal of unneeded items.

• We have secured a moving and storage company to store tables, chairs, and other furniture off-site during construction.

• On April 27, we plan to have a time after church to make available no longer needed furniture, books, arts and craft supplies, and toys.

• On May 4, we will have a clean-out event after church to move or otherwise dispose of items that have been tagged as to whether they are to be kept and stored, given away, or trashed.

Be patient as changes begin to disrupt some of our operations!

If you have questions, ask Dave Campbell or Walt Schuchmann.